Great Basin nemophila (basin nemophila)
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a fibrous root; stems prostrate to ascending, several, branched, angled, finely bristly-hairy, the hairs reflexed downward, 10-30 cm long/tall.
Leaves:
Stem leaves alternate, pinnatifid with 3-5 oblanceolate lobes, the blades 1-2 cm long, 4-7 mm wide, stalked, sparsely hairy, the margins fringed.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of solitary, stalked axillary flowers; corollas lavender, bell-shaped, 1.5-2 mm long; calyces stiffly-hairy on the margins, 5-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, increasing in size with age, 3-5 mm long at maturity; calyx appendages less than 1 mm long, reflexed.
Fruits:
Capsules, 1-2 mm long; seeds usually solitary, 1.8-2.0 mm long, regularly pitted.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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| Elevation
(metres) |
1600 | 1600 | 1600 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
8 | 8 | 8 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
153 | 154 | 154 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
MS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
MS(1) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry rocky slopes, thickets, grasslands and forest openings in the steppe and montane zones; infrequent in SC and SE BC; E to SW AB and S to CO, UT and CA.Status Information
Taxonomic Keys
1. Leaves alternate; corollas shorter than calyces; seeds usually solitary..................................N. breviflora
1. Leaves opposite, sometimes the upper ones alternate; corollas equalling or surpassing the calyces; seeds 2-8. 2. Calyces with well developed, earlike lobes that are 1-3 mm long at maturity, 1/2-3/4 (or fully) as long as the proper lobes...................................N. pedunculata 2. Calyces with short, earlike lobes that are about 1 mm long at maturity, 1/4-1/2 as long as the proper lobes...............................................N. parviflora |